Farington Art Group stages its annual show

Members of the public are being encouraged to chose their favourite peices of work from Farington Art Group’s annual summer exhibition, which is on display at Avant Garden Centre in Wigan Road.

Chairman Tom Brayshaw, 81, from Lostock Hall, said: “There’s a wide variety of work on show, about 60 in total.

“We practise ‘mixed media’, so we do all sorts from oil paintings and water colours, to acrylics, pastels and sketching”

Chairman Tom Brayshaw

“Members of the public can vote on their favourite, and the winner of the Visitors’ Choice award will get a prize. It’s a good way of generating some interest and getting the public involved in what we do.”

Most of the work is for sale, although members sometimes like to keep pieces for themselves, when they’re particularly proud of a painting or drawing, or when it has an element of personal significance to them.

The group has been running for more than 50 years, and members, who range in age from 18 to ‘senior citizens’, enjoy trying their hands at a variety of different types of artwork.